CVE-2016-10665 affects herbivore versions 0.0.3 and below, a packet sniffing and crafting library. The vulnerability stems from its insecure practice of downloading binary resources over HTTP, making it susceptible to Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attacks. This flaw carries a high severity CVSS score of 8.1, as an attacker on the network could potentially achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) by replacing legitimate resources with malicious ones. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:herbivore_project:herbivore:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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